News Briefs (Monday)

(Posted 6 Mar 2006)

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• Lawmakers fret over sub education.
• Examiner, 6 Mar 2006 (by Anna Bailey, Examiner Staff Writer).
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Prince George's County does not require long-term substitute teachers to meet any educational requirements beyond completion of high school, while surrounding counties require at least some college coursework or a college degree.
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"We're very much behind. We have to at least move our long-term subs up to at least some college attainment," Del. Obie Patterson [Del.Patterson] , D-Prince George's, said Friday.

Patterson spoke after county delegates voted to advance his proposal to require the Prince George's County Board of Education to create a plan for educating a higher percentage of long-term substitutes with college-level courses.
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"There would be days we wouldn't be able to hire substitutes," Board Chairwoman Beatrice Tignor [Beatrice.Tignor] said. "I don't think we have the work force in the area."
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Prince George's Senate Delegation Chairwoman Gloria Lawlah [Sen.Lawlah] , D, is behind the proposal and said the senators likely will take it up this week.
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• Stem cell advances.
• Sun, 6 Mar 2006 (Editorial).

. . . The key vote may rest with Sen. John A. Giannetti Jr. [Sen.Giannetti] , a Prince George's County Democrat who gained attention recently for giving the Heimlich maneuver to a political foe. Rescuing this bill - and establishing Maryland as a stem cell research leader - could do wonders for Mr. Giannetti's political health in an election year.